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I know there’s a bit of love for Lawrence round these parts, and SuperDeluxeEdition are all about the Pet Shops Boys right now so I thought I’d flag up that the mighty Felt are getting the reissue treatment again. Only seems yesterday all the albums were reissued on CD but in fact it’ll be (gulp) 15 years by the time these come out – and you try finding a Felt CD anywhere, if you do you’ll pay top dollar for those, never mind the Vinyl. There will be a new album from Lawrence as well in his Go Kart Mozart guise.

Cherry Red are starting with the first 5, and rest assured Lawrence is fully involved in the mastering and presentation..and he’s been tinkering again, as he will. This time he’s decided to restore the original title to what would have been “The Seventeenth Century” and says the decision to rename it “Let the Snakes Crinkle their Heads to Death” was his biggest regret. The one that’s had the most tinkering is the Robin Guthrie produced ‘Ignite the Seven Canons’. Apparently Lawrence wasn’t too happy with the ‘ethereal swirl’ and six of the 10 tracks » Continue Reading.

So, if you had to convince someone of the merits of a particular artist they might not know which song would you reach for…and why?

If I was going to persuade someone to delve into the music of, for instance, Lawrence – from his days in the mighty Felt – I’d pick this one. I think it showcases his songwriting style very well and it’s also a glorious pop song that probably should have been a huge hit. (‘Primitive Painters’ would be a more obvious one but that’s a bit misleading as it’s a collaboration with the Cocteau Twins)